Christine Howard, M.A.
Director of Educational Evaluation
American Educational
Research Association (A.E.R.A.)
American Evaluation Association (A. E. A.)
American Statistical Association (A.S.A)
Mrs. Howard has in-depth experience in qualitative and quantitative research design and methodology as well as extensive experience in developing and submitting proposals to secure funding for public organizations, municipalities, and school districts. In addition, she has experience with website and web survey development. Christine is currently working with Extended School Day/School Violence Prevention, U.S. Department of Education Mentoring programs, Teaching American History, Advanced Placement Initiatives, Character Education, Enhancing Education Through Technology, and Mathematics and Science Partnership.
- Education
- M.A. Anthropology
- University at Buffalo, State University of New York
- B.A. Social Science Interdisciplinary (Psychology and Sociology)
- University at Buffalo, State University of New York
- B.A. Anthropology
- University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Current Projects
- 21st Century Community Learning Centers
- Advanced Placement Initiative (API)
- Character Education
- Drug Free Communities (DFC)
- Elementary Counseling
- Extended School Day/ School Violence Prevention
- Math Science Partnership (MSP/STEM)
- Mentoring
- Title IID (EETT)
- Drug Free Communities (DFC)
Current Interests
- Teacher Professional Development
- Teacher Education
- History, Science, and Math
- Geographic Information Systems
Certifications & Formal Training
- The Evaluator’s Institute: Alternative Evaluation Designs, 2009
- The Evaluator’s Institute: Evaluation Consulting, 2009
- The Evaluator’s Institute: Management for Evaluators and Those with Oversight Responsibility, 2007
- The Evaluator’s Institute: Applied Measurement for Evaluation, 2007
- Rochester Ready Tool Utilization 2006
- The Evaluator’s Institute: Working with Evaluation Stakeholders, 2006
- Bullying Prevention Awareness 2005
- Joint Conference of the American Evaluation Association and the Canadian Evaluation Society: Evaluation in Immigrant Communities, 2005
- Joint Conference of the American Evaluation Association and the Canadian Evaluation Society: Quantitative Research, 2005
- The Canadian Evaluation Society Essential Skills Series: Evaluating for Results, 2005
- The Canadian Evaluation Society Essential Skills Series: Building an Evaluation Framework, 2005
- The Canadian Evaluation Society Essential Skills Series Improving Program Performance, 2005
- The Canadian Evaluation Society Essential Skills Series Understanding Program Evaluation, 2005
- I.R.B. for Human Participants Protection Education for Research for Social and Behavioral Sciences Institutional Review, 2005
- Canadian Evaluation Society “Canadian Evaluator” - 2005
- State University of New York, "Archives and Records Preservation" - 2004
- State University of New York, "GIS for Government Records Services" - 2004
Publications & Presentations
- Christine Brinkhus Howard, Lynne Tompkins, “Electronic Database for Tracking Professional Development”, presented at Department of Education: Mathematics and Science Partnerships Program, January 12, 2010.
- Bob James, Christine Brinkhus Howard, “Getting to Promising Practices”, annual conference for 21st Century Community Learning Centers and Extended School Day/School Violence Prevention, Albany New York, May 27, 2009.
- Christine Brinkhus Howard, “Program, Data, and Analysis Results for the 2005-2006 program year, and projection for the 2006-2007 program year”, presented to the Dunkirk City School District Board of Education, February 2, 2007.